26 Jun 1943, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp

Hugh Smith, a ship's draughtsman with the Taikoo Docks, marries Miss Margaret Elizabeth Black, a nursing sister, the Rev. Mackenzie Dow officiating.  Mrs Smith writes:

Hugh and I were married on Saturday…The matron and the staff of ((Tweed Bay)) hospital gave us a reception. Under the circumstances we had a very nice wedding; everyone remarked on it. We were pleasantly surprised at the kindness shown to us. I wore a white pigskin dress piped with blue, and a small white hat instead of carrying a bouquet I had a spray of orchids…..

Some Japanese officers visiting the American Quarters are furious when they discover that a map drawn up by some internees to show their repatriation routes and those of their Japanese counterparts does not show Japan. They line up three men who happen to be in the room and smack their faces.

Sources:

Wedding: Hong Kong Fellowship Newsletter, December 1944, 14 (date from MacNider Diary)

Map: George Wright-Nooth, Prisoner of the Turnip Heads, 1994, 99